Minimal-change nephropathy and malignant thymoma.
A 69-year-old woman presented with persistent dyspnea and continuous coughing and mediastinal mass. The mass was found to be a malignant thymoma and was resected incompletely. A full-blown nephrotic syndrome appeared 1 year after removal of the thymoma. Renal biopsy revealed minimal-change glomerulonephritis. There was no evidence of other autoimmune diseases or causes of the minimal-change glomerulonephritis.
Zinger
C
C
Department of Internal Medicine, Helle Yaffe Hospital, Hadera, Israel.
Ben-Itzhak
O
O
Szylman
P
P
Green
J
J
Nakhoul
F
F
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology